St Helens take advantage of Nick Scruton’s folly to narrow the gap

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Leeds 12 St Helens 26: Saints’ victory reduces Leeds Rhinos’ advantage at the top of the league table to just two points

St Helens probably had sufficient fire-power to win last night’s pivotal encounter between the top two in the engage Super League, even without the dismissal of Nick Scruton, the Leeds Rhinos substitute, in the 55th minute.

Their victory reduced Leeds’s advantage at the top of the table to just two points after this, their second successive defeat. They were reduced in numbers when Scruton was sent off for a spear tackle on Keiron Cunningham, but Leeds were beaten before and after the player’s exit by two blistering finishes from Francis Meli.